With the last game in the NASCAR Racing series released and eventually pulled from the shelves at the end of March 2004 due to EA's NASCAR license exclusivity, a door was opened for EA to try their hand at PC simulation. Using a version of the gMotor engine (same used in rFactor) and assets from previous EA NASCAR games, they released NASCAR SimRacing on February 15th, 2005. It would be the last EA Racing game released on PC.
1. Mount CD1 and install (Best not in program files), register later. 2. When asks for disc 2, eject 1 and mount 2 3. No on gamespy, do not run the game and finish. 4. Drag and drop NSR-1000-1029-BETA update to install folder and run. 5. Copy the no cd and the 3dSetup to install folder. 6. Compatability to xp pack 3 and run as admin. 7. Run 3DSetup keeping settings default. 8. Run exe.